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Top 10 discoveries of the last 10 years

Main Best estimate

Principal H/C In-place resources

Field Name Date OperatorRegionWater Depth Reservoir type Quoted volumes Bboe

Jurassic 1. Galkynysh - 2006CNPCTurkmenistanOnshore Gas 462-745 Tcf 103

Geology & Geophysics

Carbonates 5500-8000 Cretaceous 34 2. Libra 2010 PetrobrasBrazil Oil26-42 Bbbls ft Carbonates

Cretaceous 5-8 Bboe 3. Lula 2006PetrobrasBrazil~7000 ft Oil 28

Carbonates (recoverable)

Prosperidade / Anadarko Tertiary 4. 2010 Mozambique~5400 ft Gas 103 Tcf 18

Mamba /Eni Sandstone

Cretaceous 3.5 Bboe 5. Iara 2008PetrobrasBrazil~7400 ft Oil 15

Carbonates (recoverable)

Onshore Permo-Triassic Gas / 66Tcf + 946 6. Kish 2005NIOCPersian Gulf 13 (Kish Island) Carbonates cond MMbbl

Tertiary 15-35 Tcf 7. Gol? nho/ Atum 2012 AnadarkoMozambique~3400 ft Gas 7

Sandstone (recoverable)

Lower Tertiary 8. Tiber/ Kaskida/Gila 2006+BPUS GoM~4100 ft Oil6+ Bboe 6

Sandstone

Jurassic 1.8-2.9 Bboe 9. Johan Sverdrup 2010 LundinNorway400 ft Oil 4

Sandstone (recoverable)

Tertiary 10. Leviathan 2010 NobleIsrael~5500 ft Gas 19 Tcf 3

Sandstone

Table 1: Top 10 discoveries (2004-2013), both on- and o